Sony Electronics is making its pitch to the higher
education market with its Sony Digital Academy,
a partnership with nine institutions to “foster and fuel innovative approaches
and facilitate new expressive applications of digital media technologies,”
according to the Sony press release.
The nine schools participating in the initial stage of
the program developed digital projects for the upcoming year which Sony will
support with camcorders, computers, cameras, and its tablet device. The schools
are:
- American University, School
of Communication, Washington, D.C.
- Drexel University,
Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, Philadelphia,
PA
- New York University, Tisch
School of the Arts, New York
- School of the Art Institute
of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- The Florida State
University, College of Motion Picture Arts, Tallahassee
- UCLA, School of Theater,
Film and Television, Los Angeles
- UC San Diego, Division of
Arts and Humanities
- University of Central
Florida, College of Arts & Humanities, Orlando
- University of Southern
California, School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles
